This handy app makes sure parents always know what’s happening on their kids’ phones — and the kids have no idea

TLDR: mSpy Mobile Phone Tracker offers parents full oversight of all of their kid’s smartphone calls, chats, web surfing, and more.

Parents had a tough enough time regulating what their kids saw and heard back in the 80s and 90s, back when Skinemax and suggestive song lyrics were at the forefront of a vigilant parent’s worries.

But those concerns seem quaint when stacked against what parents face today. Now that Mom and Dad have decided a kid needs a phone for their own safety, they have to grapple with that kid’s constant access to the web, where literally everything is available 24/7/365.

What used to be difficult to regulate is now virtually impossible. Well, without some serious help, that is.

That help is available in the form of mSpy ($199.99 for a lifetime subscription, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals), a mobile phone tracker that not only keeps tabs on everything your kid is accessing on the web, but prevents potential dangers before they spring up.

mSpy can be up and running on a phone in less than 10 minutes and works entirely in the background. The app doesn’t show up as a normal phone app, so a user will never even know it’s there. But with mSpy in place, parents can remotely keep tabs on virtually everything that happens on that device.

It chronicles all incoming and outgoing text messages, including deleted messages. It monitors the phone’s call history. It keeps an eye on all the social media platforms and media files that user accesses. It even offers a physical GPS tracker, so you can know exactly where that phone — and your child — are at all times.

Whether it’s an Android or iOS device, tracked data is updated every 5 minutes so there’s virtually no lag in your information and all that data is fully encrypted and secured so you’re the only one with access.

Used by over 1.5 million parents worldwide, you can lock in a lifetime of access now to the mSpy Mobile Phone Tracker, a nearly $3,600 value, for just $199.99. And since your total tops $50, you’ll also receive a $10 in-store credit within about 14 days of your purchase.

Prices are subject to change